‘Sharp Dressed Man’ (Thomas Johnson 2010, TB)
, riley probst
‘Daybreak’ (Rudolph Kleinsorge 1941, TB)
, nancy mcdonald
others, as color, stalk, and garden value. This set up
the classes: A, 90 or more; B, 85-90; C, 80-85; and,
D, 75-80. Any average score less was an F indicating
“flunk.” The ratings were made only on irises eligible
for current AIS awards such as HM and AM. AMs
required an average score of 88.
By 1932, the year of the next Dykes Medal award,
‘Amandine’ (Geddes Douglas 1946, TB)
, dave prichard
‘Ola Kala’ (Jacob Sass 1943, TB)
, nancy mcdonald
‘Rameses’ (Hans Sass 1929, TB), the rating system
was limited to introductions of the last four years,
previous ratings having been unlimited. Forty-seven
judges voted in the 1932 rating system. 1933 saw
this increase to 64 judges. The great majority of
the ratings were made in Mrs. Pattison’s “Quality
Gardens” in Freeport, IL (the main garden at the AIS
Winter 2019 AIS Bulletin 25
